swap_horiz Gracilaria chilensis Alternatives

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Porphyra tenera

Porphyra tenera is a species of red algae, commonly known as *tenera*. Native to Japan and other East Asian coastal regi...

Japan Edible Red Algae Rhodophyta

9.6 Brilliant

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Pyropia yezoensis

*Pyropia yezoensis*, also known as Japanese nori seaweed, is a species of red algae native to Japan’s coastal waters. It...

Japan Edible Red Algae Rhodophyta

9.2 Excellent

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Kappaphycus alvarezii

Kappaphycus alvarezii is a large tropical red seaweed cultivated extensively as a commercial source of kappa-carrageenan...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.4 Good

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Gelidium sesquipedale

Gelidium sesquipedale is a perennial red alga that grows on wave-exposed rocky shores of the northeastern Atlantic, part...

Commercial North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

7.4 Good

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Eucheuma denticulatum

Eucheuma denticulatum is a species of red alga native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. It is recognize...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.3 Good

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Furcellaria lumbricalis

Furcellaria lumbricalis is a red marine alga found in parts of the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions. It is a branch...

Commercial North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

7.1 Good

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Gelidium amansii

Gelidium amansii is a red alga of the order Gelidiales that grows in shallow coastal waters of East Asia. It has a branc...

Commercial Japan Red Algae Rhodophyta

7.0 Good

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Gracilaria gracilis

Gracilaria gracilis is a red macroalga in the genus Gracilaria and a source of agar, a polysaccharide used as a gelling...

Commercial Edible Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.9 Fair

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Mazzaella laminarioides

Mazzaella laminarioides is a Chilean red alga found on rocky intertidal shores. It is known locally as luga corta or lug...

Blade South America Intertidal Red Algae

6.8 Fair

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Gelidium corneum

Gelidium corneum is a red alga in the family Gelidiaceae, occurring along parts of the northeastern Atlantic coast and i...

Commercial North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.6 Fair

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Gigartina skottsbergii

Gigartina skottsbergii is a large red alga native to subantarctic waters and the southern coasts of South America. It ha...

Commercial South America Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.6 Fair

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Kappaphycus striatum

Kappaphycus striatum is a tropical red seaweed in the family Solieriaceae and a commercially cultivated source of carrag...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Gracilariopsis longissima

Red alga (family Gracilariaceae) of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, historically harvested as a source of agar;...

Commercial North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.3 Fair

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Pterocladia capillacea

Pterocladia capillacea is a red alga in the family Gelidiaceae with records from temperate and tropical Atlantic and Pac...

Commercial Widespread Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.3 Fair

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Ahnfeltia plicata

Ahnfeltia plicata is a small, wiry red alga in the family Ahnfeltiaceae. It occurs in cold and temperate marine waters o...

North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta Agar

6.3 Fair

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Betaphycus gelatinum

Betaphycus gelatinum is a tropical red alga from the Indo-Pacific and a natural source of beta-carrageenan. This polysac...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Phyllophora crispa

Phyllophora crispa is a species of red alga in the family Phyllophoraceae. In the northwestern Black Sea it historically...

Black Sea Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Hypnea musciformis

Hypnea musciformis is a tropical and subtropical red alga found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. It is comme...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Nothogenia fastigiata

A red alga native to southern South American and sub-Antarctic coasts whose sulfated polysaccharides have been investiga...

South America Intertidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.1 Mediocre

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Gracilaria vermiculophylla

Gracilaria vermiculophylla is a branched red seaweed in the family Gracilariaceae. Native to coastal waters of East Asia...

Commercial Invasive Red Algae Rhodophyta

4.2 Poor